Advertising directory



June 24 1924. 1,499,016

R. E. GUYTON ADVERTISING DIRECTORY June 24, 1924. 1,499,016. Y R. E.GUI'TON v ADVERTI S ING DIRECTORY Filed Aug. 17. 192?. 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented .l une v24, 1924.

UNITED ysrn'rnfs PATENT oFFIcE.

RAYMOND E. eUY'IoN, or RoANoxE, vIne-INIA, AssIGNoR or THIRrY-FIVE PER.

CENT 'ro WILLIAM H. Bun'r, or noANoKE, VIRGINIA( ADVERTISING DIRECTORY.

Application led August 17, 1922. 4Serial No. 582,473.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that RAYMOND E. GUYTON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, re,- siding at Roanoke, in the county of Roanoke and State ofVirginia, has invented new and useful Improvements inAdvertising-Directories, of which the following is a specilication.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a simple and etlicient deviceadapted to keep in compact form data such as the directory to an oiicebuilding or other useful comniercial data, the device being adapted atthe same time to carry appropriate advertising matter and being alsoadapted for recelvlng inscriptions in the form of memoranda.

i bodiment, the invention is not to be restrict- Illustrated anddescribedin a speci-tic emed to such, further than is imposed by theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is avfront elevational view of a device embodying theinvention.

Figure 2 is a central vertical sectional view through the structure ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 vis a transverse sectional view w taken on the plane indicatedby the line 3-8 mercial data together with advertising matof Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detail view partly in section and partly in elevationshowing the ratchet connection between --the operating handle and therolls carrying the web or tape.

Figure 5 is an elevational view of the structure of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is adetail view partly in section and partly in elevationshowing the pivotal mountng of the idle or direction roll.

Figure 7 is a y,view'partly in elevation and paliitly in section of oneof the web or tape ro s.

Figure 8 is a transverse, sectional view taken on the line 8 8 of'Figure7. c

Essentially the invention comprises a pair of spaced rolls A housed in acasing B and traversed by a web or tape C,-the latter being adapted forthe reception of the directory of an ofice building or for other usefulcomter and, in cases where such is essential, adapted for the receptionof necessary memoranda which may be inscribed with a pencil or en.

he casing B in side prole is of oval construction as clearly indicatedin Figure 2, being made preferably of metal the back wall 10 of which isprovided with the perforations 11 by means of which the back wall may besecured to the wall of a building or permanently secured to a desk ifthe device is, to lie on a desk. The side walls 12 are of ovalshape asshown, and the back wall terminates half way of the width of the sidewalls both at the upper and lower ends, a front wall or cover 13 beinghingedly connected as indicated at 14 with the rear wall at the upperedge of the lat-ter and corresponding in shape to the rear wall butbeing of complementary construction and designed when in the position ofclosure to beheld in such position by means of a hasp -15 engaging astaple 16 from which disengagement is prevented by means of a lock 17 orother appropriate means. ,4

At an intermediate portion in its length the front wall or cover isprovided with a supplemental frame 18 provided with a glass panel 19through which the data on the web or tape C may be inspected. The panelframe 18 is hingedly connected with the cover as indicated at 20 andnormally held in its position of closure by means of a spring latch 21,the latter permitting the panel to be swung upward or back so that theexposed portion of the web is accessible for the inscription ofmemoranda.

In order that the web or tape C may be maintained in a position so as tobe readily observable through the glass panel, idler rolls 22 areprovided and span the casing transversely above and below the glasspanel,

tance between the two rolls 22 and having its extremities flanged asindicated at 25, these flange portions being secured by screws 26 orother means to the side walls 12 of the casing.

Thus when it is desired to write on the tape or inscribe any desiredmemoranda on the same, the table plate 24 provides the backing toreceive the thrust of the pencil or pen and thus damag:` or puncture ofthe tape or web is precluded.

The rolls A which the tape traverses are located respectively at the topand bottom of the casing and are mounted on shafts 27 journalled in theside walls of the casing, the shafts being extended at one side of thecasing, preferably the right, and formed with axiallydisposed ratchetteeth 28, the exterior portions of the shafts being peripherally groovedas at 29 for the reception of the extremity of the set screw 30 carriedby the hub 31 of an operating crank 32. The hub is of tubularconstruction and interiorly carries a ratchet 33 which is longitudinallymovable in the hub but maintained normally in engagement with theratchet teeth 28 of the shaft by a compression spring 34. Relativeangular or turning movement between the hub and the ratchet is precludedby a transverse pin 35 engaging in the slot 36 formed in the ratchet.'Thus turning movement of the handle positively imparts turning movementto the ratchetand if the teeth 28 of the shaft are in engagement withthe teeth of the ratchet, the movement imparted to the crank handle istransferred to the shaft. It will be noted, however, that the ratchetprovides for lturning of the shaft only in one direction.v Retrogrademovement of the'crank will, therefore, not tend tc include the tape andthus cause a loose- 1 ness or Yslackness between the two rolls. This isthe reason for the provision of the ratchet handles. In order to causethe tape to traverse the rolls' it is necessary to turn either the onehandle or the other, depending upon the direction in which the tapeis tobe moved and if inadvertently the wrong handle be grasped and turned inthe opposite direction, there will be no tendency to cause a slacknessin the tape and a possible tangling due to the unwinding on one rollwithout a-winding up on the other roll.

The rolls A comprise the cylindrical body portions 37 formed withterminal flanges 38. These rolls are made preferably of wood as well asthe anges 38, the latter receiving 'radial set screws 39 which bear uponthel shaft 27 to secure the rolls to the shaft. Opposite the ianges 38,however, the body portions 37 are bored axially'for the reception ofthimbles 40 with which the'remain ing flanges 41 of the rolls A areformed. The thimbles are longitudinally movable with respect to the bodyportions of the rolls except when the rolls are disposed inthe incomecasing when the side wall of the casing will preclude relativelongitudinal movement but the thimbles are always precluded from angularmovement \with respect to the body portion 37 by means of keys 42carried in thimbles and engaging keyways 43 in the body portions 37.This arrangement rovides for detachable flanges at one en of the rolls Aso that when necessary the tape may be slipped off the rolls without thenecessity for having to unwind it therefor. In moving the tape or web toreplace with another, the set screws 39 are loosened and the shafts 28thereafter removed by sliding them longitudinally from their bearings inthe side walls of the casing. This will permit the two rolls with theirattached tape bein lifted out of the casing after the'cover has eenraised. Thereafter the thimbles may be detached from the rolls and thetape slid off sideways, the reverse of this operation being performed inthe attachment of a new tape or web.

That the movement of the rolls in the winding operation of advancing thetape before the side panel 19 may not move too freely, brakes orretarding elements or springs 44 are employed, these consisting sim lyof circular flat springs anchored as indicated at 45 by means of eyesformed in the extremities of the springs and engaging pins fixed in theside walls of the casing. The springs are made to embrace theperipheries of the flanges 38 and 41 of the rolls A and are held intoclose frictional to relieve the rolls from the action of the.

spring 44, the hooked ends are released from the pins and the expansiveforce of the springs releases them of peripheral contact with theflanges and thus the rolls are free to rotate and the set screws 39become accessible so that the rolls may be removed in the mannerhereinbefore described. The

Asprings act as brakes to maintain a uniform tension on the web or tapeand because of the ratchet connection of the operating vhandles withlthe drum shafts, the inadvertent slacking or buckling of the tape due tothe careless turning of the handles in the wrong direction is positivelyprecluded.

Having described the invention, whatis claimed as new and useful is Adevice for the purpose indicated comflanges at one end, set screwsradially discorresponding to the flanges of the rolls, osed in said Ilanes and bearing upon said and operating handles having ratchet oonshafts,and thimb es carried on said shafts nections with the extremities ,ofthe shafts. and telescoping the rolls at the ends oppo' In testimonywhereof he afxes his sig- 5 site the flanges, the thimbles beingprenature.

eluded from angular movement with respect A to the rolls and beingprovided with flanges RAYMOND E. GUYTON.

